Author: Smart City Memphis

Some people raised their eyebrows last week when Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton said people who moved to DeSoto County from Memphis are now paying more taxes.But, the truth is he’s right.“People in Mississippi are paying more...

If anything should qualify us to be honorary members of the Belz family, it’s the pained feeling that shoots through our bodies every time there’s a new headline about a failed business at Peabody Place.The latest was about the...

Who doesn’t appreciate a vibrant, exciting city?On Smart City, we especially appreciate the people who make them. Our guests this week are two such people, both from Australia.Rob Adams is Director of Design and Culture...

We got this comment from someone in the local music scene, Matt Timberlake, and because we liked it so much, we’re posting it here too:Just read your blog about Live From Memphis.You touched on what I’ve always found...

We’ve been dealing with some heavy duty issues lately, so how about we lighten up as the week comes to an end?Next week, the guy who brought us the glories of “On Your Side” news at Channel 3 takes over the communications reins...

OK, let’s all take a couple steps back and take a deep breath.As we do it, we’re especially hoping that the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners will join us.For all of our sakes, we need the board to move beyond its...

It’s incontestable that Memphis has an awful lot of ground to cover if we want to convert our rhetoric about supporting our legendary music into the reality of supporting our musicians.So, continuing our post from yesterday, how...

In a Memphis magazine interview, Tonya Butler, three-year resident who’s teaching music business at University of Memphis, made this prescient statement: “There’s lots of music in Memphis, but there’s no industry.”Her point is...

The track record of the Memphis Music Foundation has been one of false starts and misplaced priorities, but it’s on the verge of falling convincingly on its face.That’s because Memphis Music’s pioneering digital outpost –...

Future Farmers may be the least likely name for an artists collaborative. But it does, indeed, describe the work of artist Amy Franceschini, now, quite literally. As winner of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s...